Was he the one that gave the name to his Wash., DC house that now is the Vice-Pres' residence...."Blair House". I think he was from VA... Diana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ USGenWeb County Coordinator for: VA Roanoke Co., Roanoke City, and Salem City at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~varoanok/index.html Roanoke Co., VA Mailing List at: VAROANOK-L@rootsweb.com USGenWEB County Coordinator for: Wood Co., WV at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/indexa.htm *****NEW!!! WVWOOD-L@ROOTSWEB.COM ~~~~NEW MAILING LIST OWNER FOR: KINZER-L@ROOTSWEB.COM PROUD ROOTSWEB SPONSOR.... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ AMERICAN BY BIRTH, @ @DAUGHTER OF THE MOUNTAINS@ @ BY THE GRACE of GOD...dkh @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -----Original Message----- From: Edgar A. Howard <ehoward@conknet.com> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 3:50 PM Subject: Francis Preston BLAIR Neighbors, Who is Francis Preston BLAIR? Sounds familiar. He was an advisor to Ole Hickory when he was President. All the book says is that he was VA born. Both Prestion and Blair are good Washington Co. names. -eddie ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== #6 HELP is available from the sysop/owner anytime at: ehoward@conknet.com or swvaroot@swva.net